Pattern Changes, etc

[Robert F. Sutherland]

-  Dan Strassberg:   thank you for correction on critical hours being -2-
hours each side!
I've had that in mind wrong for many years.   any idea what CFR # has it?
& thank you for the reminder of WTIC, and a list of so many similar
situations!

- R Trovato: AM Query clearly says day, night, or critcal-hour operations,
each a seperate entry for a given station.
>From there, you need the local sunset / rise time....

Garrett Wollman told of a sunrise time calculator
http://www.fcc.gov/mb/audio/bickel/srsstime.html
which requires the latitude & longitude from AM Query.
   now, with previous comments of station day / critical-hour / night
time change requirements, I think you have all you need

FCC rules   (CFR)  current link is
http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_05/47cfr73_05.html
(sorry about that)

P.S.  it is better to post to the group,
boston-radio-interest@rolinin.bostonradio.org
rather then reply to individual, that way all the group can benefit.


----- Original Message -----
From: "R Trovato" <xtrovato@yahoo.com>
To: "Robert F. Sutherland" <madprof@ix.netcom.com>
Sent: Friday, February 17, 2006 2:08 AM
Subject: Re: Pattern Changes, etc


>
> > The FCC is the primary source :  on-line service "public" listings (not
> > always quite up to date with
> > actual FCC files).
> > For individual stations:   AM Query
> http://www.fcc.gov/mb/audio/amq.html
> > Easy to use., highly recommended.
>
> So I used the above link and I entered "WRKO" for an example.
>
> I don't see anything on that page that indicates times, etc.
>
> Is it me?
>
> I've seen many station's licenses and have seen the dates of sign-on/off's
> or pattern changes listed right on them.
>
> I can't seem to find the info online...
>
> Am I looking at the wrong thing?
>
>
> > If you want the FCC rules which list the change  time requirements,
> > they are in  CFR: Code of Federal Regulations
> > Title 47--Telecommunication,   chapter 1 (FCC),    PART 73--Radio
> Broadcast
> > Services
> > http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/cfrhtml_00/Title_47/47cfr73_00.html_
> >    such articles as    (I know, this is overwhelming)
>
> Hmmm..that link doesn't work for me.....
>
>